Galvagni Figures for Polykites

A polykite is a figure made by joining sectors of the grid formed by overlapping equilateral triangles and regular hexagons. Polykites were first studied by Brendan Owen. A Galvagni figure is a figure that can be tiled by a polyform in more than one way—a kind of self-compatibility figure.

Monokite

Impossible

Dikites

Impossible

Trikites

Impossible

Tetrakites

Impossible

Pentakites

Impossible

Hexakites

Impossible

Mirror Variants

Last revised 2012-08-22.


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